Which returned more over the last year, MINT or SHY?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and SHY +1.6%.

Which is cheaper, MINT or SHY?

SHY is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

MINT vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MINT returned +4.2% to SHY's +1.6%, and SHY charges 0.15% to MINT's 0.36%.

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Net assets: $16.4bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund, and $27.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

+1.6%

SHY total return, 1 year

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

0.15%

SHY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SHY costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points.

MINT vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	MINT	SHY
Return
Measure	MINT	SHY
Total return, 1 year	+4.2%	+1.6%
Benchmark
Measure	MINT	SHY
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	MINT	SHY
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.15%
Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and SHY as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.4bn	$27.4bn
Holdings
Measure	MINT	SHY
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Nov 27, 2009 to Oct 23, 2026 · 882 weekly returns

MINT SHY

Return

Total return edge MINT +42.4% +24.8%

Annualized edge MINT +2.1% +1.3%

Price return edge MINT +0.5% −3.3%

Risk

Volatility edge MINT (slight) 1.1% 1.3%

Max drawdown edge MINT −4.6% −5.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge MINT 0.50 −0.17

Sortino edge MINT 0.59 −0.24

Calmar edge MINT 0.46 0.24

Reading

MINT returned more: +42.4% to +24.8%. MINT swung slightly less: 1.1% to 1.3%. MINT fell less at its worst: −4.6% to −5.6%.

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Risk and return: MINT vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	MINT	SHY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+42.4%	+24.8%	MINT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.1%	+1.3%	MINT	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+0.5%	−3.3%	MINT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	1.1%	1.3%	MINT (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	1.0%	0.9%	SHY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−4.6%	−5.6%	MINT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.50	−0.17	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.59	−0.24	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.46	0.24	MINT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 882 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, MINT and SHY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first MINT SHY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in MINT

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 31, 2031 6.21%

Federal National Mortgage Association REMICS, due Sep 25, 2054 1.12%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS, due Nov 25, 2054 0.99%

Sumisho Air Lease Corp., due Aug 15, 2026 0.87%

HSBC Holdings PLC, due Jun 9, 2028 0.77%

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, due Oct 29, 2026 0.77%

Trillium Credit Card Trust II, due Mar 26, 2031 0.71%

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, due Sep 23, 2026 0.70%

Only in SHY

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 30, 2028 1.97%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jan 31, 2028 1.71%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jun 30, 2028 1.61%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 30, 2029 1.51%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 31, 2029 1.49%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2027 1.48%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jun 30, 2029 1.47%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2028 1.40%

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Side by side

MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +4.2% +1.6%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +1.7% (BBSB)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs BBSB

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.15%

Holdings 977 90

Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and SHY as of Oct 27, 2026 $16.4bn $27.4bn

MINT and SHY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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MINT and SHY do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. MINT follows No index, actively managed and SHY follows ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 MINT returned +4.2% and SHY +1.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.6 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

MINT

MINT is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year.

SHY

SHY tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.6% with distributions reinvested, against +1.7% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MINT or SHY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and SHY +1.6%.
Which is cheaper, MINT or SHY?: SHY is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

MINT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MINT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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SHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SHY ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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